Future PA Killed in Iraq
U.S. Army National Guard medic David Stelmat was killed in Iraq on Saturday.
A 27-year-old EMT from Littleton who went to Iraq to heal the wounded was killed Saturday by a roadside bomb, family members and the U.S. military confirmed.
Spc. David "D.J." Stelmat was a former U.S. Army infantryman who fought on the front lines in Afghanistan. He later traded his gun for a first-aid kit as a medic with the New Hampshire Army National Guard in Iraq.
"All he wanted to do was help people," said his father, David Stelmat of Centerville, Ohio. "That was his whole purpose in life."
Stelmat planned to go to pursue a career as a PA after returning from Iraq, according to the New Hampshire Union-Leader.
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